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Stories of encounters collected from two decades overseas

“It is the position of the U.S. Department of State that you avoid all forms of public transit throughout the duration of your stay due to the incidence of terrorism.” 

The official conducting my orientation looked up from his binder, sitting across from me next to a palm in the cramped courtyard of the Embassy. “Particularly buses,” he added. “Bombing and knifing occur regularly.”

So I walked …